COPA Chiro is Europe's number one event for chiropractors and practice owners seeking new ideas and opportunities to grow their practice and expand their professional knowledge.

Built on leading industry knowledge and expert insight, the show is peerless in the level of education, advice, and opportunity it provides chiropractic professionals, and presents an essential platform for the future success of chiropractic practices everywhere.

COPA Physio is the principal exhibition for physiotherapists and practice owners looking for the ideas and opportunities to grow their business and advance their professional development.

With education, information, and advice at the heart of the show, COPA Physio is a distinguished platform in the service it provides physiotherapists in helping their professional careers flourish.

COPA Osteo is the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the advancement of professional knowledge and practice growth in the field of osteopathy.

Join the country’s most influential osteopathy professionals and business authorities and benefit from the most innovative therapy education, advice, and business growth ideas from around the globe.

COPA Podiatry is the branch of Rehab World Series dedicated to therapy innovation and practice growth in podiatry.

Packed with leading industry knowledge, professional opinion leaders, and business experts, the show breaks new ground in providing education, knowledge, and professional development opportunities to podiatrists and practice owners.

COPA Prosthetics & Orthotics is the leading event for the most innovative medical, clinical, rehabilitation, technical, educational, and research aspects of prosthetics and orthotics.

The show has been engineered to be the most comprehensive event around and will provide two days of essential information, advice, guidance, and opportunity, and is a platform for the innovation transforming prosthetics and orthotics.

COPA Series is split across these 5 sectors.

When Is The Show?

8th to 9th May 2019, ExCeL London

Doors: Wed - 9:30AM - 5:30PM Thu - 9:30AM - 4:30PM

Changes in Primary Care Guidelines for Lower Back Pain

A study by Trager, Buchbinder, Harris and Maher (2017) Has examined new policy on effective treatment of lower back pain and how this may be adopted by health practitioners worldwide.

Lower back pain (LBP) is the most common cause of disability worldwide, the second most common reason for seeking care from a GP, and the most prevalent cause of early retirement and income poverty.

GPs have traditionally prescribed pain medicine to treat patients with lower back pain. However, research have shown that these medicines may have little or no effect, showing the same reduction in perceived pain to a placebo.

Therefore, new guidelines from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines for low-back pain and sciatica and the clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians have suggested a global shift in LBP treatment.

These new guidelines have outlined that more effective way of treating pain could be through the adoptions of physiotherapy, spinal manipulation, acupuncture, or the combination of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programs. For chronic pain, yoga and mindfulness training are suggested as best practice options.